Irrational Robot
@irrationalrobot.bsky.social
Arcade games, lock picking, speed cubing, movie reviews, I'm "a little better than average" at a lot of dumb stuff.
Love to hate my least favorite sports teams. I watched the Simpsons when it originally aired
Love to hate my least favorite sports teams. I watched the Simpsons when it originally aired
The lengths someone will go to get that CPAC invitation...
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The lengths someone will go to get that CPAC invitation...
TFW you're trying really hard to get that CPAC invitation
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
TFW you're trying really hard to get that CPAC invitation
Our house _also_ has an EZ bake electric that the previous owner probably got at Costco. :-)
Thankfully, I've got a friend with a gas oven and I do most of my baking there.
Thankfully, I've got a friend with a gas oven and I do most of my baking there.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our house _also_ has an EZ bake electric that the previous owner probably got at Costco. :-)
Thankfully, I've got a friend with a gas oven and I do most of my baking there.
Thankfully, I've got a friend with a gas oven and I do most of my baking there.
Mer-Man was my favorite action figure ever- even if his sword was a corncob and his little comic was about him stealing He-man's bike. :-)
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Mer-Man was my favorite action figure ever- even if his sword was a corncob and his little comic was about him stealing He-man's bike. :-)
Pre-ACA, my family did the individualized browsing route, and ended up picking a concierge health care service plus a catastrophic plan, and that worked pretty well, but post ACA the concierge model went away.
www.seattletimes.com/business/qli...
www.seattletimes.com/business/qli...
Qliance closes after 10-year effort at new approach to basic medical care
Seattle-based Qliance is closing its clinics, affecting some 13,000 patients who participated in its subscription-based model for primary care.
www.seattletimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Pre-ACA, my family did the individualized browsing route, and ended up picking a concierge health care service plus a catastrophic plan, and that worked pretty well, but post ACA the concierge model went away.
www.seattletimes.com/business/qli...
www.seattletimes.com/business/qli...
Airline tickets are pretty individualized. If I want to go to Denver, it doesn't really matter if I go alone or take six people.
Health insurance is about risk pooling.
Forty people can get a better deal than four can. Four hundred do even better...
Health insurance is about risk pooling.
Forty people can get a better deal than four can. Four hundred do even better...
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Airline tickets are pretty individualized. If I want to go to Denver, it doesn't really matter if I go alone or take six people.
Health insurance is about risk pooling.
Forty people can get a better deal than four can. Four hundred do even better...
Health insurance is about risk pooling.
Forty people can get a better deal than four can. Four hundred do even better...
There's a school of thought that shopping for insurance should be like shopping for airline tickets.
You'd open a web browser, put some information in, and then balance cost vs benefits (maybe you're okay with a high deductible plan because the premiums are lower).
However... 🧵
You'd open a web browser, put some information in, and then balance cost vs benefits (maybe you're okay with a high deductible plan because the premiums are lower).
However... 🧵
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
There's a school of thought that shopping for insurance should be like shopping for airline tickets.
You'd open a web browser, put some information in, and then balance cost vs benefits (maybe you're okay with a high deductible plan because the premiums are lower).
However... 🧵
You'd open a web browser, put some information in, and then balance cost vs benefits (maybe you're okay with a high deductible plan because the premiums are lower).
However... 🧵
Gosh that sounds cool. Heck, I liked Renegade when that was in arcades. 4 player co-op beat em up loosely based on Xenophon's Ten Thousand?
Sign. Me. Up.
Sign. Me. Up.
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Gosh that sounds cool. Heck, I liked Renegade when that was in arcades. 4 player co-op beat em up loosely based on Xenophon's Ten Thousand?
Sign. Me. Up.
Sign. Me. Up.
I remember it coming out, but please indulge me and just tell me awesome things about it so that I can like another post about it. :-)
It looked so damned cool.
It looked so damned cool.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I remember it coming out, but please indulge me and just tell me awesome things about it so that I can like another post about it. :-)
It looked so damned cool.
It looked so damned cool.
Good place for a Phil Foglio reference. :-)
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Good place for a Phil Foglio reference. :-)
I'm just here to post how much I love Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas.
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I'm just here to post how much I love Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas.
My teenagers did a pretty good job understanding what might be a problem with a 50 year mortgage.
"So if I graduate college at 22 age try to buy a house right away, I keep paying until after I retire?"
"So if I graduate college at 22 age try to buy a house right away, I keep paying until after I retire?"
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My teenagers did a pretty good job understanding what might be a problem with a 50 year mortgage.
"So if I graduate college at 22 age try to buy a house right away, I keep paying until after I retire?"
"So if I graduate college at 22 age try to buy a house right away, I keep paying until after I retire?"
Paul, when he read the graffito
two men are standing next to each other with their mouths open .
ALT: two men are standing next to each other with their mouths open .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Paul, when he read the graffito
Looks like after the president found this "one weird trick," (hey! If someone sues DOJ, I can just order them to settle!) he's trying to roll it out to friendly Congress critters.
New tiers of corruption.
New tiers of corruption.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Looks like after the president found this "one weird trick," (hey! If someone sues DOJ, I can just order them to settle!) he's trying to roll it out to friendly Congress critters.
New tiers of corruption.
New tiers of corruption.
He will not see me in my Kart
Waiting for 3 2 1 go
Waiting for 3 2 1 go
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
He will not see me in my Kart
Waiting for 3 2 1 go
Waiting for 3 2 1 go
And... I was wrong by the time I finished writing the skeet. Okay. :-)
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
And... I was wrong by the time I finished writing the skeet. Okay. :-)
The cameras come out, he stands and poses.
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The cameras come out, he stands and poses.